Telegram-herald., 1887-03-19

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b1rued 4boat fls aAa.ts a1s iset va j.
A8okay III Ssassrs Fails tset s4lx zoa
arasa b1rssd. Perry Dasls 81 NrE terS.
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>yF4c4se face azn1s alt feef b1ras 2-sl
t1s S.sleFs A5sD.sal a.. seia< Fegy ssrilas-
~ iallre1 Mary s0lal. oz.iiy burned solss
tzs 8oiy uaV sgf Escosei A4ggis Nj
8raaa. seriosisly burned scout tle 1ssiy
l4cs AL a4n1s. LDBy Harvey seriously
hsreal-sf Fnch aosgif4I tred-
efir1 a aoons ~ IseFela.d ~. serious s
a. lrsd aboal the tzcs. ssDds sad fest
AIliam a. Haven. " Helena. A9nI
burned ABOUT TIE A4ads. fset aaa lscs. All
s1Isaax r0m tn4 shock he Is ea.-f
snzl laeeF Of The I'D sheru PAeiGc rsilrosi s.
Eas.n A lineh of bcrantou. "a suffering
from serious barns about the ace. LzEts
and feet.@ a9l in a dangerous coDa tiou.
Henry Brul 81 II Aes ford, Suffering
irom bfIlns al over the Do.iy. e. NJ A44
silts ~ tais city, AS blfred a50gt the
lace sat ara4s.
.llb0is II sgraen5e i severely ba-asa al
over The 0&oy. tie - the general agent %
tie GOA msfCizl Insurance. COMPANY jacob
Com Of NsN 1oFk vas ha1ly injured oy
jumping from sAe fourth h0oF lie broke
nis nsek ana one leg and was also burned
ABOUT the head srpls and BODY.
A. t1e general hospital are. Matthew
shannon, slglty inigruc Clinton bi1Eeii
h4raed iu Lhe face Nellie Nelch, lace and
hands buruec Ars. Kate Pierce, slightly
barnet
James Mcclure. night engineer a. the
posr0rlce. g0t into the aotel soon after the
1re broken Out tie saved a man wlo VAS
coming down ths stairs ma his nisht c.othss
AMI waO "a proslrsled 0y the danes and
smoke Aitsf getting hlm Out, he returned
sat tried % rescue young eiri irom =
room on the third a0Or. bat she wss los. in
the nre.
Mcclure said. 1T was terrible 10 hear
her cries For some reason, she could not
open The door and | was unable 10 break Il
ia. Finally | was driven away b. the ire
and smoke and had to leave % her tate. /
couid only tell from her voice, bat ! sup
posed She was young gil anywhere from
30 10 - years Old she was IN room on
the thifd door facing on Maln-st."
X II. humes occupied room on the
thTd llOOr. tie wes awakened by the cleo
tric bells, and after arousing several people
on the same door. jumped through win
dow 10 the kitchen roof. There every thing
was n tames. After bidding goodbye 10
several Others on the sa ne root. he MADE a
rush for the Eagle-st. door. going through
nsmss and escaped. He left i've persons
on the kitchen roof and thinks they must
al have perlshed AS they did not attempt
20 follow him through the flames. Mr.
stafford. proprietor OF the hotel, tells the
following story:
"Oar room was on the south end, and
We dropped down 20 the roof Of - fraIn Q
building. Ny vile wanted % 20 through
the hall, but / locked the door and pat the
b. sr.F a4 1 arsh ak.
sprang into my arms. We were awakened
oy the electrical bells. and If had they not
been Turned on promptly. there would have
been a terrible loss OF life. The bells awAk-
ened everybody IN the house. When got
out of my room, il was useless 10 try TO es-
cape through the hallway. think the loss
OF II IL Is less than some estimates | have
heard There are probably not more than
six persons deal.
Al The undertaking rooms of Brady Il
Drillard are the bodies Of Wilson Purcell
and an unknown woman. The body of the
woman horribly burned and clothed only
in 3 wrapper was taken from Wahle's base
ment. Brains were oozing from fracture
IN the skull. The burned building was
erected in 1856 for hotel purposes and was
called the 81. James Hotel. The hotel was
not a success financially, and after q strug-
Cling existence it passed, in 1864, into the
Christian association. After the association
gave up its rooms in the old building IN
October last, the firm OF Stafford a. Co,
composed of Robert Stafford, Il. T.
Whitaker and W. J. Mann. took a lease of
the property FOR hotel purposes tor term
of wears. Whitaker reports that a large
amount Of diamonds were in the hotel last
night. Il. +. Robinson. OF LsmberI &
Co., had a stock valued at $50,
coo deposited in he safe. Mr. Adler
had IN his room $4,000 worth
and Mr.. Smi,h had another considerable
stock, but the amount was not known. The
hotel building and the ~. James hall we're
insured for $1,000 which covers the loss 10
the library ASSOCIATION. stafford & Cos loss
Is $1,000. insurance $3i 500. Fuller &
Townsend, propr etOrs Of the Boston cloth
ing store. estimated their loss at $4,000.
covered by insurance. Peter Paul Il Bros.
loss $4,000, insured The loss OF Ulbrech
& Kingsley Is So 0oO ami is covered by in
suranoe. The minor losses are estimated
az $1,000.
The condition Of the ruins is not yet such
as 70 allow of search for remains Of oi1zr
uDf0rtunates who no doubt perishei / Is
believed that from ten to twenty more
bodies will be found tomorrow. Firemen
are still loOding the hot bricks with water,
and expect 10 have the ruins in condition
for excavation tomorrow morning.